We're making progress with our Elgin Shale Fynbos Restoration Nursery! 🙌 😄
#Dennegeur Foundation #Dennegeur #Dennegeur Farms #FarmBiodiversity #FynbosRestoration #ElginShaleFynbos #ConservationAgriculture #RestorationNursery #ElginValley #Grabouw
The weekend before last the herons returned to their home in our farm yard. They usually leave in September and return around the first week of December every year. #farmbiodiversity
Cinnabar moth caterpillar happily munching away on ragwort. The black and yellow stripes act as aposematic (warning) colouration, alerting any would be predators that this caterpillar is poisonous. #ragwort #cinnabarmoth #insects #farmbiodiversity #smallfarm #farmforbiodiversity
Not the nicest form of that #farmbiodiversity interaction finding a badger snack...As they say though “nature is red in tooth and claw”
Spiders abseiling off the top wire transformed this new fence into a wonderful, fairy-floss static art installation.
Just magic & beautiful.
#dailylandcare
#spiderweb #farmbiodiversity #newfence #WildOz #NatureBeauty #spiders #art
Place looks very patriotic this weather with it's hedges in green, white (and a little) gold. Far loud here this morning too! #farmbiodiversity #irishfarming
Anyone any ideas what these are enjoying the last of the mayweed. Just a few of the ones I found NHM Diptera #diptera #farmbiodiversity
On our way up the hill to check livestock we saw 2 deer, hares, butterflies, different species of birds and ladybirds, never do I forget what an amazing upbringing we had and provide our children with #familyfarming #farmbiodiversity #littlewarrior
Small copper butterfly on ragwort. Seems like every pollinator in the area utilises ragwort. Such an important late summer food source #butterfly #wildlife #farmbiodiversity #farmforbiodiversity
The river on the Southern boundary of the farm is buzzing with insect and bird life. Lots of old willows and alder with a dense undergrowth full of a diverse range of flowers, sedges and grasses. #biodiversity #farmbiodiversity #farmingfornature #river #smallfarm
Such #Trees can be planted along #FarmBoundaries #Semecarpus anacardium #GrowNatives #NativeTrees #AgroForestry #FarmBiodiversity #बिब्बा
Beautiful Flame Robin at our farm. Have been seeing a few lately.
Look at that orange chest!!
#flamerobin #kingislandbirds #birdsofkingisland #farmbirds #nativebirds #nature #fauna #fauna ofkingisland #farmbiodiversity
Hopefully these oak and horsechestnut trees will replace some of the ash on the farm over the next few years #ashdieback #farmbiodiversity
Across the last two years the farm has been part of an insect & plant survey. Some results
12 🦋 species
9 moth species
14 🐝 species
21 two winged 🪰 species
16 🪲 species
12 true bug species
23 flowering plant species supporting the above
#farmbiodiversity
INCREASED BIODIVERSITY = GOOD HEALTH. That goes for soil, plants, and who eats them. A diverse diet increases the #MicrobialDiversity of our #GutMicrobiome . That increased biodiversity leads to good health. Contact STBiologicals.com to increase #FarmBiodiversity
